Foxcatcher

Charlie Brewer #3

by William H. Hallahan

Feeling guilty about the sordid necessities of his intelligence work Robert McCall decides to get the help of former operative Charley Brewer in order to stop an arms smuggling operation involving Iran

352 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 1987

About the author

William Henry Hallahan was an American writer, best known for his two occult novels, The Search for Joseph Tully and The Keeper of the Children.

Mr. Hallahan started in the advertising business and stayed in the business for most of his adult life, but in 1971 with the publication of his first novel, The Dead of Winter, he began a second career as a writer. Over the next seventeen years he would write eight novels. In the 1990's he switched from fiction to non-fiction.


Mr. Hallahan served in the United States Navy as a radio operator during World War II He is survived by his daughter and a brother. He passed away at the age of 92.

Reviews

[Betty]

superb espionage yarn

I was torn between rooting for Charlie Brewer and his cunning plot to smuggle top secret computer parts to Iran and his former boss the Foxcatcher of the title, would do anything to prevent the parts from reaching Iran—and not necessarily secon, outsmarting Brewer. Highly recommended

[JoyAnna]

I won this on a giveaway on Goodreads. I got about 1/2 through it and had to give up. I love true crime but this more an autobiography. I now know more than I care to know about wrestling, moves, competition etc. The main story is of two brothers who begin wrestling in high school & the fortitude it takes to get to the Olympics level. The subtitle sells it as a story about a murder, and while I get that there has to be some back story build-up there is no way I needed to know this much about the author's wrestling. The murder of his brother by millionaire John E du Pont seems to take a back story to his struggles as a wrestler competing with his brother. John du Pont as a character never develops and it's incredibly boring to me as a woman. The detail of each wrestling maneuver is in depth and perhaps a man would find this more interesting. I did not

[Craig]

Great CIA book. Ex agent Brewer is great at rounding up the items needed by the Isrealies. Then sneaking past his ex boss McCall to deliver, but he sets up his ex boss to clear his name regarding the smuggling charges he was set up on. Then in a last munite twist, the items he got to the Isrealies, were no good.

[Wes Faubel]

The book was ok, but after about 50 pages I wasn't really into it and so I put it down.

I could have easily seen myself finishing it if I did not have more interesting things to do.

[Kevin Frelander]

The plot did not become muddled with too many subplots and extra characters, which is good. There were, I felt, too many implausibilities in the story.